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Elon Musk gave a tour of the Starbase Factory to the Everyday Astronaut. He says that manufacturing systems are much harder than designing rockets. He says the launch tower and launch facilities are far more challenging than the rockets. Highlights: The hard part about the Raptor engine is how do…

Walter Isaacson, the biographer who chronicled the lives of Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin and Leonardo da Vinci, is turning his attention to the life and career of Elon Musk. The Tesla CEO announced the project in a tweet Wednesday. If you’re curious about Tesla, SpaceX & my general goings on,…

Why it matters: American author Walter Isaacson has been commissioned to write Elon Musk’s biography. The Tesla and SpaceX boss shared the revelation in a recent post on Twitter, but was characteristically mum on details about when it might be ready for publication. Isaacson is perhaps best known in tech…

In a tweet posted on Wednesday night, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed that renowned author Walter Isaacson would be penning a biography about him. Isaacson, a distinguished journalist, former editor of TIME magazine and professor of history at Tulane University, is the author of a number of other…

SpaceX now has connected over 90,000 Starlink customers and is adding 20,000 users per month. The growth rate is about 30% per month. SpaceX has over half a million orders/deposits globally. Elon Musk says SpaceX could add that many users by summer 2022. SpaceX will have to increase the pace…

It’s safe to say that this was a rather intense week in the cryptocurrency market, despite Bitcoin being only about 2% up throughout the period. Things started off rather calmly, and the market was pretty flat until Monday. Bears took control and brought the price down to slightly above $30K…

Home » Science » SpaceX Super Heavy with Raptor Engines for Orbital Flight This Month The SpaceX Super Heavy booster has been loaded with Raptor engines. The Starship SN20 has most of its heat shield. Raptors on Super Heavy pic.twitter.com/jJy1vftHNB — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 2, 2021 29 Raptor engines…

Shutterstock What is Starlink? Elon Musk's satellite internet explained Starlink is a satellite internet company owned by Elon Musk, the founder of aerospace company SpaceX.The company's first priority is bringing high-speed internet to rural areas that don't currently have it.The beta price for the internet service is an upfront cost…

Elon Musk has shared a photo of rocket engines being attached to the company's enormous Mars-bound Starship rocket in preparation for its first orbital flight, which is expected to be some time soon. It's not clear exactly when the rocket will launch. Musk, the company's founder, previously said Starship could…

Elon Musk’s Starlink space internet is setting up on the Isle of Man with plans for blanket coverage of Britain, a new report claims. Starlink, which is developed by SpaceX, is reportedly in the final stages of getting a license to build a ground station on the island. Alongside bases…